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WRITINGS

Here are some samples of my writings that are meant to be read rather than heard. This is another avenue for ministry that reaches beyond the walls of the church.  There is a sampling of blog postings and academic papers.

Water From A Stone
​​Blog post for UUSJ​



This is a blog post that I wrote for Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice about the human right to water. It was a follow-on to a Congressional briefing. Water From a Stone

Smashing Things is a Natural Response
​​Blog re-posted by UU World​



The UU World has picked up several of my blog posts (from thewidowsmiteyblog.wordpress.com). This one,,  from May 8, 2015, is in response to the events in Baltimore:  Smashing Things

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Meir Kahane, Exodus Mentality and Joshua Theology 

Academic paper shared with UUMA



This paper, originally written for a class on Divine Violence in Joshua (through the lens of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), has since been shared with UUMA colleagues. Read it here: Kahane & Joshua

Killling Me Softly?
Blog re-posted by UU World

The Interdependent Web has picked up my blog post on the death penalty and how we sometime divert our attentions from the deed itselt to the methods we use to carry out this particuar punishment.

http://www.uuworld.org/articles/blog-roundup-2016-04-07

​Thor and Loki in a World of Chaos
​​delivered to Accotink UU Church â€‹Feb. 23, 2014



A sermon about Norse gods and Marvel comics. 

This sermon is reprinted on wizduum.net: http://wizduum.net/article/thor-and-loki-world-chaos 

The Legacy of David
A Unitarian Universalist Midrash​



I was asked to write a midrash for the Unitarian Universalist website wizduum.net. Midrash is the Jewish tradition of storytelling and re-telling. This is a modern re-telling of rape of Tamar. http://wizduum.net/story/legacy-david

Disposable People
Blog re-posted by UU World

Recently, The Interdependent Web has picked up my blog post on how easy it is for us to "other" people and the devastating consequences of this, in history, and in the campaing of Donald Trump:

https://www.uuworld.org/articles/blog-roundup-2016-03-18 

Disposable People
Blog re-posted by UU World

Recently, The Interdependent Web has picked up my blog post on how easy it is for us to "other" people and the devastating consequences of this, in history, and in the campaing of Donald Trump:

https://www.uuworld.org/articles/blog-roundup-2016-03-18 

Generation to Generation
Blog (Poem) re-posted by UU World

The most recent blog post that  The Interdependent Web has picked up is a poem that I wrote about how we often view each other from age to age.  

https://www.uuworld.org/articles/blog-roundup-2017-09-22

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